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The United Empire Loyalists of Remsheg; refugees from the American Revolution.

 
Painting by Barbara Clark of the Loyalist refugee arrival at Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia,July 1783
1 of 149 		21st Century Wallace,Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, formerly called Remsheg
2 of 149 		The story of when, where and how the Loyalists camed to Remsheg.
3 of 149 		Mi'kmaq village. Painting by Barbara Clark showing daily life at Remsheg before the Europeans.
4 of 149 		The name Remsheg, a Mi'kmaq name for place between.
5 of 149 		Map of Acadian homesites in Cumberland County previous to Expulsion 1755. Drawn by Captain Lewis
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Monument on site of Fort Lawrence. British Fort before the local French Fort became Fort Cumberland
7 of 149 		Rich Remsheg soil with still visable remnants of a 17OOs Acadian Dyke to help improve drainage
8 of 149 		Rich soil, worked by Acadians before 1755, provided great lands for farmers of the Remsheg Grant.
9 of 149 		The rich soil in the Bay area has created a great habitate for wild life
10 of 149 		Before the Revolution many of the future loyalists lived with and were friends with future Patriots
11 of 149 		A copy of a land map 1766 in the Horseneck, West New Jersey, area. Shows homes of several Loyalists
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The famous Boston Tea Party, an 1773 protest by colonists against new government imposed tax rules
13 of 149 		Loyalist Brigades in Battle
14 of 149 		Col. James Delancy commander of Delancy's Brigade, British supporting security force in Westchester
15 of 149 		Isaac Dotton's Ceremonial Sword. Loyalist Period. Member of Sam Drake's Dutchess County Militia.
16 of 149 		Hand grip and scabbard of Dotten Sword
17 of 149 		Painting of the signing of the Treaty of Paris show the animosity between the British and Americans
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